Welcome back to the Shamrock. I'm Pete Sampson, but not joined by Matt Fortuna today as my co-host is on vacation, somewhere in a much warmer climate than the Midwest.

We will be back with future podcasts coming up as Marcus Freeman's first coaching staff is now complete.

Al Golden's hiring was first reported by The Athletic.

On Tuesday, Wednesday, there will be an introductory press conference.

You can check out a ton of good content on that on the athletic tonight. Wednesday, there will be an introductory press conference.

You can check out a ton of good content on that on the athletic tonight, tomorrow, and in the coming days.

And Matt will be back and we'll podcast and react to all that. But I wanted to get you a little bit of extra Shamrock content.

So called up McAsaf, former Notre Dame Walk-on, former guest of the Shamrock, to talk a

little bit about the Irish Players Club. Explain what an NFT is. I think there's kind of some

misunderstanding skepticism of what that entails, but ultimately it comes down to the Irish

Players Club how it benefits Notre Dame football

and how fans can directly impact Notre Dame football in a different way.

So Mick and I talked quite a bit about that, explained NFTs in 30 minutes or less, what the

Irish Players Club is, how fans can sort of get involved with

it, and also sort of his perspective on the NIL space in year one, what Notre Dame can do

moving forward to perhaps impact that space more positively for the football program and the

athletic department in general. And also the recruiting impact on it.

Talked a little bit about Dante Mort,

Hernal Tate specifically,

as their interest in the Irish Players Club

and what impact that might have on Notre Dame moving forward.

So thought further ado,

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